Understanding the excellence that the Woodrow Wilson Foundation represents, and the vision of education that motivates the Foundation, really means hearing from WW leadership and Fellows themselves. As a way to share the voices and stories that make up the Foundation, WW Perspectives is launching a new podcast, with topics ranging from education policy and […]
As a recent New York Times article made clear, the proportion of teachers of color in the nation’s teaching force has not kept pace with the increasing diversity of America’s classrooms: While young people of color are now a majority of students in the nation’s public schools, fewer than 20 percent of their teachers are […]
Daniel Larson to lead Yachay Tech University You might not expect the academic head of a country’s first research university and a staunch advocate of science, technology, and math education to be equally passionate about the full range of arts and sciences—but they have always been crucial for Daniel Larson WF ’66, the founding Chancellor […]
Kaiama L. Glover MN ’95 CEF ’05 on Paris, History Detectives, and educating the public While January’s events at Charlie Hebdo in Paris shocked the world, they were just one symptom, says Dr. Kaiama L. Glover MN ’95 CEF ‘05, of a larger problem facing postcolonial France. A 1995 Mellon Fellow and 2005 Career Enhancement […]
This year’s newly announced Pulitzer Prizes include two for Fellows from different Woodrow Wilson Foundation programs. David I. Kertzer, a 1973 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, has been named the recipient of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, and Elizabeth A. Fenn, a 1998 Newcombe Fellow, has received the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in History. Dr. Kertzer is Dupee […]
The takeaway: Even the top candidates in any field—and Woodrow Wilson has always selected the best as its Fellows—need support, not just funding, as they build careers. After all, guidance from others who’ve already been there is the essence of education. Mentoring, when it’s integrated well into professional and intellectual development, smooths the way for gifted people to do their best work.
Earlier this week, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation announced the newest class of Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows. Among them is Jibreel Delgado, a doctoral candidate in Islamic Studies at the University of Arizona.
In a new Huffington Post column, Woodrow Wilson Foundation President Arthur Levine argues that university-based teacher preparation programs should embrace the opportunity that comes from a greater demand for accountability. “The real need is for teacher education to clean its own house and set accountability standards for the profession. It needs to do this because […]
Raymond W. Smith started crafting his great American novel over 40 years ago. Mr. Smith, a 1964 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, had always had literary aspirations. As he set off on a summer tour of the American South, however, he wielded not a pen, but a pair of twin-lens cameras. “For me the portrait is primary,” […]
Higher education has been dramatically transformed in recent years with the rise of MOOCs, competency-based education, blended learning, overseas campuses, the for-profit sector, and many other shifts. Such changes make it all the more urgent that the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act require strong accountability measures. That’s Arthur Levine’s contention in a new statement on […]
